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What would you recommend for pTa, stage 0a papillary urothelial carcinoma of the distal ureter?

Could observation and serial cystoscopy be a reasonable option or is surgery necessary? If recommending surgery, can a procedure less than a nephroureterectomy suffice?
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Medical Oncology · Washington University School of Medicine
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I think a lot would rest on the grade (and presumably upper tract imaging was otherwise negative) – if low grade could do endoscopic resection and monitor, if high grade could consider neoadjuvant therapy with ureterectomy vs nephroureterectomy. …also depending on age, comorbities, etc.